Bottle-closure.



To all wkomit may concern:

Be it known that we, Roswnm. T. HAP- GooD and CHARLES Rev/Lanus, citizens of the United States, both residing at Glassport, in the county of Allegheny and State of ennsylvania, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a s 'ciiicatiom reference being had .therein to t c accompanying drawings. Our invention relates to bottle closures, more particularly to that type of closure or stopper which'is made'in the form of a sheet metal cap provided with -a crimped edge adapted to'engage a bead formcd'upon the mouth of thev bottle to holdthe cap in place.

Inorder to remove caps of the t pe referred to,- it haslieretofore enerallz;Yr been necessary to employ an imp ement or tool speciallyLdesigned for this purpose. Great inconvenience has often been eX ericnced by persons who have lost or have ailed to' rovide themselves with the necessary too or opener, it being extremely awkward and in some cases practically impossible to remove these caos with any other implement.

The o jects of our invention, therefore,

are to roduce a bottle cap of the character referre to which willl be sim le and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable in its operation, and which may be -removed fromJ the bottle by any convenient implement not specially designed for that purpose.

To these ends our invention comprises certain constructions of arts hereinafter described and particular y pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated one form in which our invention may be embodied, Figure 1 shows, in side elevation, the cap in its normal position on the mouth of the bottle; Fig. 2 1s a similar view showin the tab, hereinafter described, bent u ward y in a position to be engaged by a suita le tool to remove the ca F1g.`3 is a similar view, taken at right an es to Figs. 1 and 2, and illin'trating the met od of engagino' the cap to remove the same.

the drawings, 12 indicatesa beer or other bottle of usual construction and 13 a cap, havin a continuous depending locking ange or e ge 14, adapted to be crimped, as

indicated at 15, to engage the usual bead or"I pro'ecting shoulder formed about the mouth. of t e bottle. The cap 13 is provided' .with

Specication of A:I'Jettezl-,s Patent. Y Application and september alam. serra 1ro. sans# RoswELnf'r. nareoon AND CHARLES nowLANDs, or cnissronr, PENNSYLVANIAQ Araocr'rnnfcr'losunlrt' Y 'i Y .Patented Aug. 4, 190s.

meaiis adapted'to be engaged by any convenient instrument for the purpose of remov- 5 ing the cap, such means as herein shown comprising a`tab or extension 16, providedwith anf opening 17 The tab '16 is preferably formed integral with the ca 13, and has,

near the edge of the cap, a slg t indentation score', or other weakened portion indicated at 18 in Fig. 1, in order to facilitate the bending of the same into'i-ts upright or operativeposition, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

.It will be seen that the bending ofthe tab 16 into its. uprightposition brin s the opening 17 into a'position above an( to one side' of .the'cap proper.' In ordernowto remove the'cap'any convenient implement, such as a key, pocket knife, .or ice ick, is inserted through the o' ening 17 and) allowed 'to rest at itsend on t e top of the] cap, as shown in Fig. 3. When in this position an upward pullat the outer end of the inserted im le ment .will result in the cap l. .Y

It will now' be obvious that our invention provides a device of the character described which is extremely simple in character and whole out of sheet material at a-cost pracing t e ordinary cap now in general use. Moreover'the cap when in position presents no projecting parts which might interfere with-the convenient handling of the bottle to which it is applied, the tab 16 when in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, extending down along the neck ofthe bottle close to the same. Furthermore the cap may be easily removed by any convenient implement without substantial injury to the cap itself, the cap being formed of substantially homogeneousmaterial throughout and not depending upon lines of weakness, along which the cap is torn, for its removal. Caps constructed in accordance with our invention may therefore, if desired, be used a plurality of times. I

By the term homogeneous, as herein employed we are to be lfunderstood to refer tofa ca h'aving no lines of weakness along which t e cap is torn in removing the same. Whilewe, 1n order that our invention may be readily understood, have shown 'and de- Uscribed the same as embodied in a articular construction, We do not limit ourse ves to the rov an immediate removav 'of sof,A

inexpensive to manufacture, it being possible 'Y to stamp the cap with its attached tab as a. A

-' UMTEDA sra-Tas 'precise construction shown, it being obvions that many changes might be 'made Atherein without'departmg from the spirit and scope i of our invention.

Having thus described our invention what we elaiin as new and desire to secure. by Letters Patent 1s:-

1 A bottle cap having a substantially" homogeneous top and provided with an extension having means for. the engagement of a removing implement, said means, when in operative side of sai top.

2. A bottle cap having a substantially homogeneous top and provided with an integral tab having means for the engagement of a removing implement, said meaiis, when iu operative position, lying above and at one side of said top.

3. A. bottle cap having a substantiallv homogeneous top and provided with a tabv having an implement-receiving opening, said opening, when said tab is in o aeration, lying aoove and at one side of sai to y 4. Abottle eap having a sulbstantiall homogeneous top and provided with a ta having an implement-receiving o ening, said tab being normally extended ownwardly along the neck ofthe bottle but being adapted to be bent upwardly to bring said opening above and to one side of seidv top.

5. A bottle cap having a tab provided with an implement'- receiving opening, said tab having a weakened portion near its junction osition, .lying above and at one' with said cap, whereby bending of said tab is A neck and bead of a bott e, a corrugated terminal edge portion to said band portion, and a. tongue provided 'with a lever receiving aperture, said tongue portion being adapted to be. bent upward into a substantially vertical -position without loosening the stop r on the bottle, whereby e in-shaped mem er of any kind may beapp ied to the aperture of said tongue and the top of said cap, and a lifting pressure be exerted on said tongue sullieient to loosen and remove said cap from said bottle.

In testimony whereof we alix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

RosWELL T. i-LAPGooD. ennemis noWLANDs.

Witnesses:

WALTER CASE, JOHN SMITH. 

